| ARDS | Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| ARI | Acute Respiratory Infection |
| BLI | Bio-Layer Interferometry |
| CAR | Coxsackie and Adenovirus Receptor |
| CD46 | Cluster of Differentiation 46 |
| Cryo-EM | Cryo-Electron Microscopy |
| DSG2 | Desmoglein-2 |
| HAdV | Human Adenovirus |
| HAdK | Human Adenovirus Knob |
| EC23 | Extra Cellular domains 2 and 3 (from DSG2) |
| IMAC | Immobilized-Metal Affinity Chromatography |
| RMSD | Root Mean Square Deviation |